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reprisal, or because all or part of an 

individual’s income is derived from any 

public assistance program. (Not all 

prohibited bases apply to all programs.) 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720–

2600 (voice and TDD). To file a 

complaint of discrimination, write to 

USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410, or call 

(866) 632–9992 (voice) or (202) 401–

0216 (TDD). USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider and employer. 

Dated: April 10, 2007. 

Jackie J. Gleason, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–7110 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

2010 Census Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(U.S. Census Bureau) is giving notice of 

a meeting of the 2010 Census Advisory 

Committee. Committee members will 

address policy, research, and technical 

issues related to the 2010 Decennial 

Census Program. Working groups will 

be convened to assist in planning efforts 

for the 2010 Census and the American 

Community Survey. Last-minute 

adjustments to the agenda are possible, 

which could prevent giving advance 

notification of schedule changes. 

DATES: May 17–18, 2007. On May 17, 

the meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and 

end at approximately 5:15 p.m. On 

Friday, May 18, 2007, the meeting will 

begin at 9 a.m. and end at 

approximately 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill 

Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jeri Green, Committee Liaison Officer, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. 

Census Bureau, Room 8H153, 

Washington, DC 20233, telephone (301) 

763–2070, TTY (301) 457–2540. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2010 

Census Advisory Committee is 

composed of a Chair, Vice-Chair, and 20 

member organizations—all appointed by 

the Secretary of Commerce. The 

Committee considers the goals of the 

decennial census, including the 

American Community Survey and 

related programs, and users’ needs for 

information provided by the decennial 

census from the perspective of outside 

data users and other organizations 

having a substantial interest and 

expertise in the conduct and outcome of 

the decennial census. The Committee 

has been established in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Title 5, United States Code, Appendix 

2, Section 10(a)(b)). 

A brief period will be set aside at the 

meeting for public comment. However, 

individuals with extensive statements 

for the record must submit them in 

writing to the Census Bureau Committee 

Liaison Officer named above at least 

three working days prior to the meeting. 

Seating is available to the public on a 

first-come, first-served basis. 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Census Bureau Committee Liaison 

Officer as soon as known, and 

preferably two weeks prior to the 

meeting. 

Dated: April 11, 2007. 

Charles Louis Kincannon, 

Director, Bureau of the Census. 

[FR Doc. E7–7121 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Proposed Data Sharing Activity 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of determination. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Economic 

Analysis (BEA) will provide to the 

Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) 

data collected from several surveys that 

it conducts on U.S. direct investment 

abroad, foreign direct investment in the 

United States, and U.S. international 

services transactions for statistical 

purposes exclusively. In accordance 

with the requirement of Section 524(d) 

of the Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

of 2002 (CIPSEA), we provided the 

opportunity for public comment on this 

data-sharing action (see the January 23, 

2007 edition of the Federal Register (72 

FR 2854)). 

The data provided to Census Bureau 

will be used for two purposes: 

(1) Data from BEA surveys of U.S. 

direct investment abroad and foreign 

direct investment in the United States 

will be linked with data from the Survey 

of Industrial Research and Development 

conducted by the Census Bureau under 

a joint partnership agreement with the 

National Science Foundation (NSF). The 

linked data will be used to produce 

aggregate tabulations for the NSF, which 

will provide an integrated data set on 

R&D performance and funding with 

domestic and foreign ownership detail. 

BEA will use the linked data to augment 

its existing R&D-related data, identify 

data quality issues arising from 

reporting differences in BEA and Census 

Bureau surveys, and improve its survey 

sample frames. The Census Bureau will 

identify unmatched companies on BEA 

files that conduct R&D activities and 

add them to the R&D survey to improve 

the survey’s sample. The NSF will be 

provided non-confidential aggregate 

data (public use) and reports that have 

cleared BEA and Census Bureau 

disclosure review. Disclosure review is 

a process conducted to verify that the 

data to be released do not reveal any 

confidential information. 

(2) BEA will also provide data to the 

Census Bureau in order to link records 

from its surveys of U.S. international 

services transactions, U.S. direct 

investment abroad, and foreign direct 

investment in the United States with 

information from the Census Bureau’s 

Business Register and with data from 

the 2002 Economic Census. This linked 

information will be used by the BEA to 

evaluate the feasibility of developing 

state-level estimates of service exports. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information on 

this program should be directed to Ned 

G. Howenstine, Chief, Research Branch, 

International Investment Division, 

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BE–50), 

Washington, DC 20230, by phone (202) 

606–9845 or by fax (202) 606–5318. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

CIPSEA (Pub. L. 107–347, Title V) and 

the International Investment and Trade 

in Services Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 

22 United States Code (U.S.C.) 3101–

3108) allow BEA and the Census Bureau 

to share certain business data for 

exclusively statistical purposes. Section 

524(d) of the CIPSEA required a Federal 

Register notice announcing the intent to 

share data (allowing 60 days for public 

comment). Section 524(d) also required 

us to provide information about the 

terms of the agreement for data sharing. 

On January 23, 2007 (72 FR 2854), 

BEA published in the Federal Register 

a notice of this proposed data-sharing 

activity and request for comment on the 


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subject. BEA did not receive any public 

comments. 

Shared Data 

BEA will provide the Census Bureau 

with data from its surveys of U.S. direct 

investment abroad, foreign direct 

investment in the United States, and 

U.S. international services transactions. 

It is anticipated that the Census Bureau 

will share data collected from the 

Survey of Industrial Research and 

Development, the 2002 Economic 

Census, and its Business Register with 

BEA. The Census Bureau will issue a 

separate notice addressing this issue. 

The shared BEA and Census Bureau 

data will be used for statistical purposes 

only. 

Statistical Purposes for the Shared Data 

Data collected in BEA’s surveys of 

direct investment are used to develop 

estimates of the financing and 

operations of U.S. parent companies, 

their foreign affiliates, and U.S. affiliates 

of foreign companies, and estimates of 

transactions and positions between 

parents and affiliates. Data collected in 

BEA’s surveys of U.S. international 

services transactions are used to 

develop estimates of services 

transactions between U.S. persons (in a 

broad legal sense, including companies) 

and foreign persons. These estimates are 

published in the Survey of Current 

Business, BEA’s monthly journal; in 

other BEA publications; and on BEA’s 

Web site at http://www.bea.gov/. All 

data are collected under sections 3101–

3108, of Title 22, U.S.C. 

The data sets created by linking these 

data with the data from the abovedesignated Census Bureau surveys and 

Business Register will be used for 

several exclusively statistical purposes 

by both agencies, such as for evaluating 

the feasibility of developing state-level 

estimates of U.S. services exports, and 

producing aggregate tabulations of data 

for the NSF that augment and improve 

information on international aspects of 

R&D performance, funding, and related 

economic activity. 

Data Access and Confidentiality 

Title 22, U.S.C. 3104 protects the 

confidentiality of the data to be 

provided by BEA to the Census Bureau. 

The data may be seen only by persons 

sworn to uphold the confidentiality of 

the information. Access to the shared 

data will be restricted to specifically 

authorized personnel and will be 

provided for statistical purposes only. 

Any results of this research are subject 

to BEA disclosure protection. All 

Census Bureau employees with access 

to these data will become BEA Special 

Sworn Employees—meaning that they, 

under penalty of law, must uphold the 

data’s confidentiality. Selected NSF 

employees will provide BEA with 

expertise on various aspects of R&D 

performance and funding of companies 

that provide data to BEA. These NSF 

consultants assisting with the work at 

the BEA also will become BEA Special 

Sworn Employees. No confidential data 

will be provided to the NSF. 

Rosemary D. Marcuss, 

Acting Director, Bureau of Economic 

Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E7–7106 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1502] 

Grant of Authority, Establishment of a 

Foreign–Trade Zone, Counties of 

Lehigh and Northampton, 

Pennsylvania 

Pursuant to its authority under the 

Foreign–Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign–

Trade Zones Board adopts the following 

Order: 

WHEREAS, the Foreign–Trade Zones 

Act provides for ’’. . . the establishment 

. . . of foreign–trade zones in ports of 

entry of the United States, to expedite 

and encourage foreign commerce, and 

for other purposes,’’ and authorizes the 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board to grant to 

qualified corporations the privilege of 

establishing foreign–trade zones in or 

adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection ports of entry; 

WHEREAS, the Lehigh Valley 

Economic Development Corporation 

(the Grantee), a Pennsylvania non–profit 

agency, has made application to the 

Board (FTZ Docket 30–2006, filed 7/18/ 

06), requesting the establishment of a 

foreign–trade zone at sites in Lehigh and 

Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania, 

adjacent to the Lehigh Valley Customs 

and Border Protection port of entry; 

WHEREAS, notice inviting public 

comment has been given in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 42800, 7/28/06), and the 

application was amended on September 

25, 2006 (71 FR 59072, 10/6/06); 

WHEREAS, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and 

that approval of the application, as 

amended, is in the public interest; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby 

grants to the Grantee the privilege of 

establishing a foreign–trade zone, 

designated on the records of the Board 

as Foreign–Trade Zone No. 272, at the 

sites described in the application, as 

amended, and subject to the Act and the 

Board’s regulations, including Section 

400.28. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of 

April 2007. 

FOREIGN–TRADE ZONES BOARD 

Carlos M. Gutierrez, 

Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and 

Executive Officer. 

Attest: 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–7198 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Deemed Export Advisory Committee; 

Notice of Partially Closed Meeting 

The Deemed Export Advisory 

Committee (DEAC) will meet in an open 

session on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 

from 8 a.m.–12 p.m. at The Georgia 

Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech 

Research Institute Conference Center, 

250 14th St., Atlanta, GA 30318. A map 

and directions to the Georgia Tech 

Research Institute Conference Center 

can be found at the following Web site: 

http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/visitorinfo/ 

gtriconfdriving.html. The open session 

will also be webcast live from the 

Georgia Tech Research Institute 

Conference Center. For more 

information, please consult http:// 

www.export.gatech.edu in the days prior 

to the meeting. 

The DEAC is a Federal Advisory 

Committee established in accordance 

with the requirements of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 

U.S.C. app. 2. It advises the Secretary of 

Commerce on deemed export licensing 

policy. A tentative agenda of topics for 

discussion is listed below. While these 

topics will likely be discussed, this list 

is not exhaustive and there may be 

discussion of other related items during 

the public session. 

May 2, 2007 

Public Session 

1. Introductory Remarks. 

2. Current Deemed Export Control 

Policy Issues. 

3. Technology Transfer Issues. 

4. U.S. Industry Competitiveness. 

5. U.S. Academic and Government 

Research Communities. 

6. Industry, Academia and other 

Stakeholder Comments. 


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